Slayer -- 9:30 Club / Controversial 1980s and '90s thrash metal band Slayer performs Tuesday at the 9:30 Club, 815 V St. N.W., Washington. Doors open at 7 p.m., and Unearth is also slated to perform. Tickets are $40; call 800-955-5566 or go to tickets.com.
Chris Thile and How to Grow a Band -- Rams Head Tavern / It's doubtful that you will come across an instrument that vocalist/instrumentalist Chris Thile has not laid his hands on. The founding member of bluegrass trio Nickel Creek will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday alongside How To Grow A Band, which is composed of Gabe Witcher, Noam Pikelny, Greg Garrison, and Bryan Sutton. Rams Head Tavern is at 33 West St., Annapolis. Tickets are $22.50. Call 410-268-4545 or go to ramsheadtavern.com.
Jimmy Cobb's Mob -- Baltimore Museum of Art / Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 landmark album Kind of Blue, brings his current band to the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, for a performance at 5 p.m. Sunday. The show is presented by the Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society and the BMA. In celebration of Black History Month, visitors can arrive an hour early -- at 4 p.m. -- for a free guided tour of the museum's collection of works by African-American artists. Show tickets are $27; $25 seniors and BMA members; $10 students. Call 410-385-5888 or go to baltimorechamberjazz.org for concert tickets. To reserve a space on the museum tour, call 443-573-1818.
